The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-05

he declined denomination In 1891 nc was
elected to the Supreme Bench OF ONO for
term OF four years, ana was Chlei justice pot
tion OF that period. lie resumed inc pracuce
OF law In Columbus In 1870 ana was retained
in great many important cases. HIS opinions
delivered whne ne was on the supreme bonch'
contained IN the hrst hVe Voiun's Oh tho
"Oho state Reports, were remniRaole Ior
their strong ana luciu expression o h.s cBa'
views, and thcy had much 10 40 WIN tne OK.
tension OF MS reputation Us ia"Scr ""u
jurist.
He was unanimously nominated oy tnc DEM
ocratic party OF ONO as its Gupernatorial can
didate In 1861 In TINS rcmnrRaoic campaign
tho issue Principally discussed was whotnor .ne
constitution OF the state shoulu DC so atnenueo
as 10 authoriZe negro suffrage. Ihe preceohB
kcpnphcan Legislature having suonl,teu sucn
an amendment TO DC voted upon ~ inc octopcr
election OF that year thurman commenced an
carry ana aggressive canVass' oc'hS on tno
stump ABOUT iour months anu hakinB ohc
huhurcu spccchcs Oh iorce anu apI'ts' hc
secured almost perfect organization IN every
county ana Drought an inc spchH'hs h'icht vi
the party to his active ana enthusiastic sup
port, meetins the well framed corps Oh Ite
puDhcnh speakers at every point anu at tne
ballot-oox' III vote larger thah hau ever oeen
poheu III the State' inc suhrage ""enucht
was ueieated by over hity lhousanu Votes
Ihc Democrats elccted u large majority Oh
the members OF both branches OF the Legisin-
ture. nc was ueieatcu ior SoVtrnor. inc
caucus OF the Democratic members OF the
Legislature, upon It's assembling py u Iarge
majority nominated MN rs cahaiualc ior y, o.
senator; ms opponent ior the NOMINATION was
thc late Hon U. H. Nallandlgham, ana ms he-
publican opponent the latc BehJanlin r. Waue'
whorn nc succeeded IN the senate. IN 100 he
was reelected to the Senate Wlliiam Alien
was elected Governor by majority OF SIX
hundred without depreciatins the einciency
OF governor alleh' says u Deniocratic
writer "and the many aplc ana earnest DEM
ocrats VINO mingicu III INC Tray, IL 10 certain ,
mat tne complete success Oh tne Democratio
party III ONO III ls'3 was prihciphiiS uue 10
the ueep ana apluihs iaith ol thurman ,n
.he Deinocratic orsarhHatol' anu ms sh.i'
anu inhehipie purpose III hoiuihB MS p"i'y
IN line aiter the disorsahizihs campaign vi
49,
upon reuching Mash,hB.on W '"Ne @ n's 9e.' @
III 'ne senate on the i'h ol Narc'', loo'' oena-
tor thurman louHu MS lahie as iu"sci uo
paler ana poi'ieiah hao preceoeo hiil una ny
eoii'ioN cohseh. he "us resar..u ae .no io',o. ,
anu exponent Oh the Dchlocrauc par'S III uiat
pouy-Ta posiuon WHICH ne naihthHcu ior
IWei'e yea's' Upon entering thc Scha'o nv
was assigned 10 the JudiciarS committee, ana
coh.iiucu W och ionipoi vi .hae oohiiih'..o
| uurihS MS cp.irc 'erhi III 'hc oeha.c III .ho
fortS,stNth congress MS purity oota'heu
| minority Oh the senate anu nc pocanc Vhc
aiso cicctc" iresioeno pro tc'hpo,c U, 'ne och
ate ana because OF the lh-health ana absence
OIL Nioc-Fresiueht Nheeier, Presi'cu Hucm vi
'he t'ilo WIN aoiiiIy anu iihPartiai's. inur
inau VIII "c iohscs. reineihpcFco ior hitiouu.
'is' au'ocu.ii's aiu causing W oo Passeu d olii
since KNOWN US inc thurman act rci'tng
| 10 the racine rairouus. bs thls "ct ~ Is shiu
! thae ihore 'iah siooV''oVV "as s"'oo W 'ho
| pcoPic.
Ihe opPosuioh 10 inc PosSlgc ol 'hls uct was
herce' even unscfupulous. Inc irlenus Oh lhe
rallroaos emploNeu every means, lhnuehce anu
argument, oolh III anu out OF lhe SENATE 10 oe
teat NJ. Ihe bll' as was asserted win great Ve
| hemcncc was sunconstitntional' put lts conslitu
tiohahty was clearly estaphshed py thurman
| IN a speech OF great power ana ms positoh IN
'nis respect mas SINCE oeen sustained oy ue
| cisioh Oh the supreme court Oh thc ohiteu
| states SENATOR thurman WIS hot leu 10 ihtro
duce ana advocate the passage OF this measure
| because oi ianalcai opposition 10 raiiroaa cor
| porations ms such, out simply TO cstaoiish ana
secure what nc DehcNeu 10 DC the pi'ih contract
| rights Oh the government.
asa speaker ne Is iorcioie anu oircct' Wast-
ing no thc upon iihihlteriai 'n"tteFs, "hiic MS
| manner cVlhces that ne Is "hoiiy: sincere ana
gfeatiy IN ehrnest. ne always received marked
| attention whiie undressing the senate lor IL
was Understood that nc never spoke uhicss ne
hhu sonlelhlhs 10 sa'' anu 'iitt IL was worm
Whie ior oo.h ir'chu ahu ioc W hho" What 'hal
something was HIS course III 'he Sehh'c
was iar from 'hat OF mere partisan. ihough
IN Il minority ior inc most part Oh the tiihc' nc
cAeroiseu srcat ihiucnec WIN .'e niaJorits' Wy
whom ne was hcid III the highesl personal
esteem LOT MS courtesy aolilty' integrity ana
purify oi charucter.
Prlor 10 the assembling OF the National Dem
ocratlc convention III 81. LOUIS III io'o ms
name was very seneraliy mehuoheu oy the
press III every part Oh inc country ns Il ii'oli'c
iTtSlutNt, bul uNlslOu VI
party IN ono upon inc currehcy ques'ioh pre-
vented MS iriehus from ursihs MS Nominations
OF announcing ms name 10 lhc convention 's u
c"nuiuate. III looo there was d sun more sen-
erai expression IN 'he country HaVoraoie 10 MS
no'nihat'oh lor the fresiuency. inc Delho-
cratic state Coh'ention oi ohio' oi thaL year.
asaelto''hs 10 appoint uciesates 10 inc Nation-
al convention hu cincinnati, UNANIMOUSLY
huoPtco resolutions ia'orihs ms eaiuuucy'
anu ihstruc'ihS the ueieSa'ioh from Cnio W
vote LOT ana support MN IN the Nationai
CohVehtioh' on the hrst oaiiot III the
iht.er convention ne reserved the vote
oi ONO anu very nat.eri'g Vote from o'ner
states, the whoie vote having oeeh very much
aiViucu among NUMBER Oh local iavorities. nc
aiso received 'he vote Oh ONO ana soihe from
other states on inc second oaiio'' out peiore
the conclusion OF the ballot II became manifest
.haS ucneral tianeoek Mouiu pe hoiiil'il'eu' anu
the vote OF all the states was chansed TO tne
ihtter' Win tne Single exception Oh lhaiana'
whlch state adhered 10 ex-senator Hcharicks
TO the end. senator thurman mas oeen almost
universally acknowiedsed py tne democracy OF
the country as the aplest ana pest representa-
1--WE OF the party ana from ms long ana eminent
services rendered 10 IT, ought 10 chttle MN 70
further consideration.
Motives OF pohcy undoubtedly prevented the
convention from nominating Thurman, not be-
cause ne was not popular Tor no man before the
convention nau rs many iricnas or 1ewer
/ n
| ordinary circumstances, certainly Republican
| Ana as the October election in that state for